Peter Higgs, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who proposed a new particle known as the Higgs boson, has died. Higgs, 94, who was awarded the Nobel…
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LNER simpler fares trial adds more than £100 to some train journeys
Journeys on many intercity trains running from London to Edinburgh are more than twice as expensive since the launch of a “simpler fares” initiative designed…
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“I’m always shocked that it’s 2021 and we’re still having ‘first female’ stories,” says Prof Catherine Heymans. Nevertheless, it is an unavoidable fact that, with…
View More Scotland’s first female astronomer royal looks to open the universe to allStandard Life Aberdeen to change name to Abrdn
Standard Life Aberdeen has announced it is changing its name to Abrdn – pronounced “Aberdeen” – in a move that prompted immediate criticism of the…
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